Microsoft Windows 7

hurry up firefox and make it work with the dock like IE does and spotify make an option not to close to the taskbar and work like media player to skip tracks and pause music and jupmlists to playlists

After spending the last three weeks reading many articles on Windows 7 here at TR and elsewhere I upgraded my PC and installed Windows 7 last night.

It was a (clean install) upgrade from XP with the only lenghty hitch being that it wouldn't install on one of my other hard drives because it was set up to be a dynamic disk!

After and hour or so trying to convert the hard drive back to a basic disk, Windows 7 was installed in less than 15 minutes. I now have both XP and Win 7 available as dual boot options.

I didn't have any time to play or configure the new OS so tonight I'll begin that familiarisation process, install my applications and see what all the fuss is about. My initial impressions are very good, even if it's just because it's quicker to boot up!

I've just been seriously impressed by a feature it's taken me a few months to discover. I was watching Windows Media player and got a skype incoming call. I answered it and Windows Media Player paused itself. Ended the call and WMP resumed. It sounds simple, but that is smart technology

I tried to upgrade from Vista and the install failed. Worth noting that if you have problems installing there is nowhere you can turn to for help except a £1 a minute helpline from PC world. No thanks. I have now sold the upgrade to a friend and will stick with vista. Microsoft obviously don't give a toss about whether you can use their products as long as they have your money.